Sounding device for dolls.



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SOUNDING DEVICE FOR DOLLS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.3I\ 1917.

' .Patented Aug-2, 1918..

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ticularly with a bellows construction.

The invention has for its general objects to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive bellows having its body made of lows expands and contracts axially.

A more specific object of the invention isv paper or other suitable iexible material and creased in a novel manner, whereby the belto provide a simple`,novel and effective voice 2`\0}Q\f0r toys, the same embodying a weighted head on one end of the bellows whereby the .turning of the bellows upside down and back again will automatically expand and contract the bellows and cause a sound to be produced by the passage of the air through' a reed or equivalent device.

. With such objects in view, and others A which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprising various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forthwith particu- .v In the accompanying larity in the following description and lustrates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,A

Figure 1f-iis a sectional view of the' bellows before. the'body thereof is creased;

Fig. 2 is'a side view showing the-mannen of creasing the bellows so that it'will autcf being inverted and matically expand and contract; Figl Seis a vertical 'sectionlof the complete sound producing device for toys, the b ellows being open-or expanded bythe device Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the bellowsV contracted or cbllapsed by the, action of the weight of the'movable head.

Referrin' to the drawingl designates the exible bo y of the. bellows which may be' made of paper or other suitable material and is-in the form of a cylinder attached to lheads or disks 2 and'- 3g and at the disk 2 is another diskfi whichforms the bottom plate of the sound-producing. device. The l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented aug. 27, isis?.

Application led December 31, 1%17. Serial No. 209,715.

body of the bellows is twisted or spirally creased in a manner shown in Fig. 1. The heads 2 and 3 are turned in opposite directions as indicated by the arrows a and b, and at the same time the two heads are pressed toward each other as indicated by the arrows c and d, which will make permanent creases or folds in the material.

' In the present instance the .bellows is adapted to be expanded and contracted automatically, but this isnot an essential limitation of the special form of construction of f the bellows. The head l3 is provided with a Weight 5 which is preferably a nut blank for cheapness of construction, and this weight is glued or otherwise fastened to the head 3, and glued or otherwise fastened to the nut is a smalldisk 6 which has a perforatien 7 through which the reedv or sound-producing device 8 is inserted, the reed being held in any suitable manner, as, for instance,

by glue. As the bellows is contracted the air is forced out through the reed anda sound 'thereby produced.

rIhe bellows is preferably lprotected by a cylinder 9 of cardboard or the like over one end of which is stretched a fabric diaphragm 10 which also protects the bellows but does not prevent theescape of the sound.

yThis fabric head A10 is held in place by being frictionally held between thecylinder 9',and an outer cylinder 11 which is snugly i fitted over the inner cylinder and clamps the drawing, which 1lmarginal edge of the diaphragm 10 in" place. Y'Fo-.operate the device' the same is inverted,

as `shown in Fig. 3,whereb`y the'weight 5 expands the bellows, and when the device is turned upright, as shown in Fig. 4, the

, weight causes the bellows to collapse and force out the air through .the reed. In exobliqueA creasing of the bellows body and consequently the'head 3 must not have guid- .ing means which would restrain it from rotating, Ias otherwise the bellows would not open `or collapse. i

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

the advantages of the Vconstruction and ,method ofoperation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I'have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the I. best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: I

l. A sound-producing device comprising a bellows having helical creases.

i2. A device of the class described embodying a bellows having a flexible body formed with creases lying obliquely to the axis of the bellows.

3. In a device of the class described, a bellows having a flexible body formed with creases which produce relative rotation of the ends of the bellows as the latter expands and contracts.

4. A bellows device comprising a pair of heads, and a flexible body attached to the heads, said body being helically creased to permit thel heads to be moved toward and from each other.

5. The combination of a bellows having a freely movable apertured head, an apertured weight mounted on the head with its aperture registering with the aperture 4of the head, and a. sound-producing device mounted on the weight and extendmg into the aperture thereof.

6. The combination of a bellows having .a freely movable apertured head, an apertured weight mounted on the head with its apertures registering with the aperture of the head, a disk mounted on the weight, and a reed passing though the said disk.

7. The combination of a bellows, a soundproducing device carried thereby, a protective casing attached to and surrounding the bellows and having an open end, and a fabric diaphragm extending across the open end of the casing.

8. The combination of a bellows, a soundproducing device carried thereby, a protective casing attached to and surrounding the bellows and having an open end, a fabric diaphragm extending across the open en'd of the casing, and a cylinder surrounding the casing and clamping the marginal portion of the diaphragm on the casing.

i BURT E. LLOYD. 

